Garment fastener



DE KELLER STAMEY.

GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. l92l.

1 43'120 Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

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Application filed May 26,

new and useful Improvementsin- Garment I Fasteners; and I dohereby declare the fol-' ing the cap or plate,

lowing to be full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such :as' will'fen'able others skilled in'theart towhich it appertains to makeand use the same. This invention relates to new and useful improvements in garmentxfas'teners ofth'e character adapted, to be passedthrough button-holes for thepurpose of securing the garment together and has for its primary. object the. provision of means for prevent.- ing the head, of the'shank of the fastener from being accidentally pulled through or withdrawn from the button-holes of the garment, consequently obviating any danger of the garment becoming separated.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a garment fastener of the above stated character which will be simple, durable and efficient, and which maybe manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost. 3

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the descrip tion proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. v

For a complete understanding of my in vention, reference will be had to the following description, and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view, illustrating the fastener in an operative position,

Figure 2 is a sectional view, illustrating the means of connecting the cap or plate to the shank of the fastener Figure 3 is a bottom plan view illustrat- Figure 4 is a view partly in section illustrating the shank and its integral end plate, Figure 5 is a top plan view illustrating a modified form of shank or the head thereof.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the

numeral 1 indicates as an entirety a gar-- ment fastener which is especially adapted for fastening portions of a garment together by extending through button-holes,

as for i 1921. Seria1No;472,657.

instance, a collar button, cuff buttons, shirt studs, or trousers buttons.

The great number ofluses for which this fastener may be employed only requires] a slight ,modification of the shank and its base ,or end plate and to give a clear understanding of myinvention I have elected to show invention in the form of aicollar button, however, I do not desireto have the principles of lily-invention restricted to this specific for er fastener. y p i A shank2has formed integrally with one end a base 3 ofany desired shape, and the other end of the shank, is slightly reduced to, formaneck i terminating in ahead 5. The head 5 isin the form of a sphere and is received by c1a npingears 6 on an anchor-, ing. plate or cap 7. The shank ,2 adj acen the neck 4 has oppositely extendingears or arms 8 that gradually merge into thev shank 2 at their side, and bottom faces while their top faces are flat and areprovided with de: pressions or sockets 9, The cap or plate 7 is of elongated formationhaving the clamping or gripping ears 6 formed on the side. edges thereof and intermediate ,its ends. The gripping ears 6 are concaved to receive thehead 5 .andtheir free edges engage the neck' 4 consequently effectively attaching the anchoring plate or cap to the shank 2 and which will permit rotation of the cap or plate with respect to the shank and the arms 8 thereof. Projections 10 are formed on the lower face of the cap or plate and adapted to engage into the sockets 9 for the purpose of retaining the cap or plate parallel with the arms 8 so that the shank 2 may be readily passed through button-holes of a garment. After the shank has been passed through the button holes the cap or plate is rotated on the head 5 to position itself at right angles to the arms 8 consequently preventing the shank from being accidentally withdrawn or pulled through the buttonholes.

In Figure 5 is shown a modified form of head which is of substantially square shape having rounded corners 11. A cap or plate having gripping ears shaped to conform to this type of head is provided, and the purpose of having the head in such shape is to hold the cap or plate at right angles to the While i have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having'thus described my invention what I claim is i 1. A garment fastener comprising a shank, an integral plate on one end of said shank, oppositely extending arms formed on the other end of said shank, an elongated cap rotatablyconnected to the last named end of the shank and adapted when in one position to extend in parallelism to the arms, and when in another position adapted to extend at right angles to the arms to prevent the latter from being passed through button-holes.

2. A garment fastener comprising a shank, an integral plate at one end of said shank, oppositely extending arms at the other end of said shank, a' head formed on the last named end 'of the shank, and an elongated member rotatably connected to the head and adapted'when in one position to extend in parallelism with the arms to permit said arms to be passed through button-holes and when in another position adapted to extend at right angles to the arms to prevent the latter from being passed through button holes.

3. ii garment fastener comprising a shank, a plate formed integrally with one end of said shank, oppositely extending ta-' pered arms formed on said shank adjacent the other end, ahead formed on the last end of' said shank, an elongated member having oppositely arranged gripping ears adapted to engage the head for rotatably connecting said elongated member to the shank, said member when in one position adapted to extend in parallelism to the arms and when in another position adapted to extend at right angles to the arms.

4. A garment fastener comprising a shank, an end plateformed integrally with said shank, oppositely extending arms formed on said shank adjacent one end and having depressions, a head formed on the last named end of the shank, an elongated member pivoted to said head, projections formed on said elongated member and adapted to fit in the depressions to hold the latter in parallelism with the arms, said elongated member adapted to be positioned at right angles to the arms to prevent the passing of the shank through button-holes.

5. A garment fastener comprising a shank, an integral plate at one end of said shank, oppositely extending arms formed on said shank adjacent its other end, a substantially square-shape head having rounded corners connected to the last named end of the shank by a reduced neck, an elongated member, clamping ears formed on said member and adapted to receive the head and engage the neck to rotatably connect the elongated member to theshank.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DE KELLER STAMEY.

Witnesses:

F. C. HUGHES,

J; EDWIN WHITE. 

